I really hope I've come to the right place. I referred a client to ZT Systems to buy a server for tehir practice. It needed to be shipped and in the door by yesterday 9-5-09 so the It guy could set it up as an application sever that has to be completed by Tuesday, the day after labor day so the vendor for the 3rd party application can setup the server for their app. Thiis a 10k sever for 100 users so I'm assuming you know just how important this could be. Anyway, the sever arrived and when we finally opened last night the OS was installed with a admin account setup but no password has been supplied? I know there are plenty of ways to bypass the login screen and setup a new password in most cases but here is where THE GOOD IS SEPERATED FROM THE BEST in terms of security knowledge. The server is running Windows Server 2008 64 bit, Raid controllers Lsi, so most small apps that will allow you to bypass the login screen don't work when your using Raid controllers and 64 bit version. Can anyone tell me if there's a way to bypass the 2008 login screen to get to our admin password with this type of hardware setup? It's going to end up a lawsuit if we don't find a way to resolve this. Just in case you're wondering. yes we have tried to contact them in every way possible but have had no luck. So now I am hoping someone has the knowledge to help. Please advise if you can.

1. Plan better. Saturday delivery on a holiday weekend for a mission critical system due on the first day back from that holiday? Add in the fact that on ZT Systems site, it clearly states, "Call (888) 984-8899 Servers: Call 201-559-1064 Monday through Friday, 9-6PM EST." Also, don't let those doctors dictate what happens on an IT project.2. If it's a new box and you can't even log on for the first time (and therefore no data is yet on it), then simply re-install the OS and set your own password.3. Read this thread.

Before you get too crazy, have you tried default passwords, like "password" or the name of the company that sold it to you? Typically though, Windows 2008 Server is installed so that the minisetup is forced. At the end of the minisetup, Windows 2008 Server forces to reset the password.

Thank you all for your help. I understand the logistical issues but the events that were set in place and then handed off to me is something that everyone on this forum has experienced at least once in their career.lol. If you've never had a project where everything went wrong and was beyond explanation, after you've got many years of experience under your belt, you've been lucky. So I'll spare you the drama.

Thanks for the KonBoot link. We've tried a few apps like this but the server being 64 bit and Raid has made all our attempts fruitless. And yes we've tried just about every default or logistical password you can think of. The password convention really does a good job in complicating simple default guesses.

I'm going to pass on Kon-Boot to him and report back. Thanks a lot everyone.

Let us know how you get on with Kon-Boot. In my experience it works fine with hardware Raid controllers, but fails with software Raid implementations. I'd be interested to know if this is true beyond the limited amount of hardware I have been able to test.

The It guy that has the server at home said that Kon-boot sais it's for 32 bit only but he's going to give it a try anyway and hope somehow it works on a 64 bit server. Just in case it doesn't work does anyone know of any other solutions?

Ketchup is the man. Your last tip worked perfect. We were literally thirty minutes from having to wipe the server, reinstall the OS, Find and install all the drivers (yeah we didn't get those either yet,) and then do all the customizations that we paid them to do already. Next would have been a pretty bad phone conference. So you really helped us.In the future if you get your server with the admin account setup and the password isn't available on a holiday weekend, and you're on a intense dealine, use Ketchup's advice:"Brad,